Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEric Wainaina, musician
In Kenya, hope and despair live side by side. There is economic growth, technological transformation and a youthful population hungry for opportunity…
7 years ago
Libyan author Hisham Matar
Stephen Sackur talks to renowned Libyan writer Hisham Matar. His writing has explored the impact of having a father ‘disappeared’ by the Gaddafi regi…
7 years ago
Justice for the 21, 1974 Birmingham pub bombings - Julie Hambleton
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Julie Hambleton, founder of Justice for the 21. In November 1974 the IRA bombed two pubs in Birmingham and murder…
7 years ago
Hamas spokesman - Ghazi Hamad
The movement’s rhetoric is unbending, but do the Palestinian people long for new ideas? Stephen Sackur interviews Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for Hamas.…
7 years ago
Former Olympic swimmer - Sharron Davies
How does the sporting notion of fairness cope with the complexities of gender identity? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to former champion British s…
7 years ago
Opposition leader of Russia's Yabloko Party - Grigory Yavlinsky
By the time Vladimir Putin’s current presidential term ends he will have dominated Russian politics for a quarter century and already there’s talk of…
7 years ago
Tony Adams: How vulnerable are elite sport stars?
When we were kids many of us dreamed of being a professional footballer, a star of the world’s most popular game with adulation and riches on tap. Fo…
7 years ago
Chief executive, Stonewall - Ruth Hunt
Does the debate on trans rights pose a problem for the gay liberation movement? HARDtalk's Sarah Montague speaks to the CEO of Stonewall, Ruth Hunt. …
7 years ago
Venezuelan Opposition Ambassador to the UK - Vanessa Neumann
Confident that the socialist regime in Venezuela was in its death throes, the opposition led by Juan Guaido won the backing of elements within the ar…
7 years ago
UK Foreign Secretary - Jeremy Hunt
Britain’s top diplomat, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, is at the end of a five-nation tour of Africa aimed at persuading the continent and the wider …
7 years ago